Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual page 142

CHAPTER 6
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Transforming and Retouching
Using the red eye brush
Red eye occurs when light from an on-camera
flash reflects off the back of the eye. You can easily
remove red eye from an image using the red eye
brush. You can also use the red eye brush to
retouch other details in an image, such as braces.
To use the red eye brush:
Select the red eye brush ( ).
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Choose a brush size from the pop-up palette in
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the options bar. To learn more about using pop-up
palettes, see "Using pop-up palettes" on page 35.
Specify a target color (the color you want to
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remove) by doing one of the following:
To set the target color when you click in the
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image, choose First Click from the Sampling
pop-up menu.
To use the default target color, choose Current
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Color from the Sampling pop-up menu. Then
click Default Colors.
To pick a custom target color, choose Current
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Color from the Sampling pop-up menu. Then
click the Current color swatch. When the color
picker appears, click in the image on the color you
want to remove. Alternately, you can choose a
target color using the color picker.
Specify a replacement color by doing one of
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the following:
To use the default replacement color, click
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Default Colors.
Note: Clicking Default Colors also resets the
target color.
• To pick a custom replacement color, click the
Replacement color swatch, and pick the color that
you want to use for the correction.
5 Specify a value for Tolerance. The tolerance
defines how similar in color a pixel must be to be
replaced. A low percentage replaces adjacent pixels
within a range of color values very similar to the
pixel you click. A high percentage replaces adjacent
pixels within a broader range of color values.
If a person has pinkish skin, the red eye brush
might have problems differentiating between the
pupil's red eye and the face. Specifying a lower
tolerance might help.
If desired, click the Brush Dynamics button
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( ), and set brush dynamics options. (See "Speci-
fying the effect of stylus pressure" on page 149 and
"Specifying a paint fade-out rate" on page 149.)
Drag in the image over the details you want to
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correct. Any pixels that match the target color are
colorized with the replacement color.
Using the smudge tool
The smudge tool simulates the actions of dragging
a finger through wet paint. The tool picks up color
where the stroke begins and pushes it in the
direction you drag.
To use the smudge tool:
Select the smudge tool ( ).
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2 Choose a brush size from the pop-up palette in
the options bar. To learn more about using pop-up
palettes, see "Using pop-up palettes" on page 35.